Came across this year-old discussion today as I am a new Affinity user and have a similar issue with setting and/or editing the leading on a paragraph.
I’m doing a business card. I create a text box, set my font, size and leading and get an automatic “no style” in the “Text Styles” window. No matter what leading numbers I enter (in this case 8pt font size, 9pt leading) the default continues to remain at 12pt leading. I can try editing the style, creating a new style, entering 9pt in the upper bar but nothing will change the leading. If type the words in the text box the text style is automatically set to “No Style) regardless what I create in the beginning.
How can I simply place a text box, chose my font, size and leading and start typing? Why am I forced to use the “No Style” default settings and then try to edit them?
Is there a better way?